New Faces, New Places. (Open)

Rose perched on the rafters, quietly brushing the wet snow and frost out of her tail. Even though the room was empty for the most part, she still felt most comfortable in her perch up high. She let her feet hang down, swinging in the air as her fingers combed through her fur, intently focused on her task. She was relaxed, used to the environment she was in, used to scrambling up the walls and rafters after hunting or gathering or doing other chores as necessary. Although Rose did not much like the snow or wet cold in her fur, in her clothes, still being much more used to warmer weathers in the south.

As she continued grooming her tail, a knock sounded on the door. The sudden, to Rose, outside noise was enough to overbalance her already precarious position and send her falling to the floor in a clump of fabric and annoyed cat. Rose scrambled up again, hissing in annoyance and glancing around to make sure no one there had seen her blunder. As she stood and brushed off her clothing, Rose hear a voice from the otherwise of the door, carried by the wind. She crept closer to the door, ears pricked. She hadn't heard of any Discord before, but if they said they had permission...such an odd way of speaking though.

Rose approached the door, opening it slightly and standing on the other side, peering around the frame to the outside world.

Rose retreated backwards slightly as the female on the other side of the door peered in, leaning away from the startling horns. She could feel the fur on her tail prickling and she held back a sneeze at the other's scent. Rose flattened her ears as Discord brought her attention to them, curtly replying, "I am a cat." Rose shivered, moving farther away from the open door and the harsh cold beyond it. Her ears pricked forwards again as Discord continued speaking. "I don't know where they are at the moment, but if they said you could stay then I guess I can let you in." Rose stepped completely away from the door, one hand still on the handle and waiting impatiently for the other to enter so she could keep the cold outside, where it belonged.

The flames in the fireplaces danced, sparkling and crackling, shrinking and growing, shifting and quivering... and in the center of the flames suddenly there was a pair of beady eyes staring back at Discord. The phoenix was almost impossible to tell apart from the rest of the fire until it opened its eyes, and moved in a direction that the flames don't naturally. Tilting their head, Chimaera watched Discord with interest, letting out a quiet squeak that sounded more like a snap from a log in the fireplace splitting.

Beady eyes looked back and forth between Discord and Rose, curious as to how easily the newcomer was allowed inside. Though, it's not like the Scale gaining new members, and having new visitors, was entirely unusual.

Rose flattened her ears, slamming the door closed and backing away from Discord as the demon entered the Scale, warily watching her movements. She hovered by the door, continuing to watch the newcomer. Yes the demon had said Melora and Jay offered her shelter here, however as much as Rose trusted their judgement mistakes could still be made. Besides, she knew next to nothing about demons and now was a good time to learn. Her eyes flicked up to the rafters and her tail twitched. Rose was not much used to observing from the ground, the fact that there was someone new in her space made her itch to find a high perch.

Even keen cat ears didn't catch any not-fire noises from the fire, so Rose jumped when Discord spoke and started towards the fire. That she was confused was an understatement; Rose peered closer to the fire but couldn't see anything but flames.

"Can I pet pretty fire bird? Fire doesn't hurt me much!" Discord admitted, she could withstand flame for a short time, thanks to the demon plane she called home. Even though she heard the Kintu move behind her she couldn't rip her eyes from the creature nested in the flame before her.